Giáo án NLS Tiếng Anh 11 Global Success Unit 1 Reading: How to live a long and healthy life

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UNIT 1: A LONG AND HEALTHY LIFE

LESSON 3: READING

I. OBJECTIVES 

1. Knowledge and skills 

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

• Activate prior knowledge about healthy and unhealthy habits.
• Guess the meaning of words and phrases from context.
• Read for main ideas by matching headings with paragraphs.
• Read for specific information by completing a summary diagram.
• Reflect on their own lifestyle using ideas from the reading text.

2. Competences 

General competences:

• Self-control and independent learning: read the text individually and complete the reading comprehension tasks.
• Communication and collaboration: work in pairs or groups to discuss photos, share answers, and discuss personal lifestyles. 

Specific competences:

• Develop reading skills (skimming for main ideas and scanning for specific details).
• Identify parts of speech and use context clues to solve vocabulary exercises.

Digital competences:

• [1.1.NC1a]: Meet information needs.
• [2.1.NC1a]: Choose simple digital technologies for interaction.
• [2.2.NC1a]: Share data, information, and digital content through a variety of appropriate digital tools.
• [3.1.NC1a]: Apply methods for creating and editing content in different formats.
• [6.1.NC1a]: Analyze how AI works in specific applications.
• [6.2.NC1a]: Develop customized AI applications to solve specific problems.

3. Attributes

• Hard work: Actively participate in class reading activities and tasks.
• Health awareness: Understand the importance of nutrients, regular workouts, and good sleep, and be willing to adopt healthier habits in daily life.

II. RESOURCES AND MATERIALS 

1. Teacher's aids

• Textbook Global Success 11, Teacher's Book, Lesson Plan.
• Computer, projector/smart TV.
• Board and chalk/markers.
• Digital collaborative platforms (Padlet/Mentimeter) and AI Chatbot access (e.g., Gemini).

2. Students' aids

• Textbook, notebooks, pens.
• Smartphones/tablets with internet access, health tracking apps, or smartwatches (IoT devices).

III. PROCEDURES

1. WARM-UP

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2. PRESENTATION

Activity 1. Work in pairs. Look at the photos and discuss the questions 

a. Objective: To activate prior knowledge about the topic and get Ss involved in the lesson.

b. Content: Students look at pictures a, b, c, d and discuss whether each shows a healthy or unhealthy habit, giving reasons.

c. Product: Students' correct identification of the habits and their logical reasons.

d. Organization:

Activity 2. Read the article. Solve the crossword with words and phrases from it

a. Objective: To help Ss practise guessing the meaning of words and phrases from context.

b. Content: Students read the text and use the clues to find the correct words/phrases to complete the crossword.

c. Product: Completed crossword with exact vocabulary from the text.

d. Organization:

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Activity 3. Read the article again. Match the sections (A-C) with the headings (1-5) 

a. Objective: To help Ss practise reading for main ideas.

b. Content: Students read the five headings, understand their meaning, and match three of them to paragraphs A, B, and C.

c. Product: Correct matching of paragraphs to headings.

d. Organization:

Activity 4. Read the article again. Complete the diagrams with information from the text. Use no more than TWO words for each gap.

a. Objective: To help Ss practise reading for specific information.

b. Content: Students read the text again to fill in the gaps in the diagrams using no more than TWO words for each gap.

c. Product: Correctly filled diagrams reflecting the sequence of the paragraphs.

d. Organization:

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Activity 5. Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions

a. Objective: To help Ss use the language and ideas from the reading to reflect on their own lifestyle.

b. Content: Students discuss if they find the advice useful and if they have tried following any suggestions.

c. Product: Students' speaking performance, reflecting personal connections to the text.

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3. PRACTICE

a. Objective: To consolidate the core vocabulary learned in the reading text without using multiple-choice formats, ensuring students can apply words in context.

b. Content: Students complete a gap-fill and word-formation exercise using the target vocabulary.

c. Products: Students' correct answers written in their notebooks.

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4. APPLICATION

a. Objective: To help students apply the reading's advice to solve a real-life problem at home, promoting health awareness.

b. Content: Students carry out a take-home writing task: "My Health Action Plan".

c. Product: A short written paragraph (Health Action Plan) in the students' notebooks.

d. Organization:

Step 1: Teacher assigns learning tasks

- Task: "My Health Action Plan".

- At home, choose ONE unhealthy habit you currently have (e.g., using phone before sleep, skipping breakfast).

- Write a short paragraph (50-70 words) describing the habit, explaining why it is bad (using ideas from the text), and creating a 3-step action plan to stop it.

Step 2: Students perform learning tasks

- Students take note of the assignment instructions in their notebooks.

- Expected Product (Home Task): At home, they use their phone's Digital Wellbeing/Screen Time data to accurately assess their habit. Then, they write the plan and may use an AI chatbot to generate a habit-tracking schedule.

Step 3: Reporting and Discussion

- Teacher gives a quick example: My bad habit is using my phone in bed. The blue light stops me from sleeping. My plan: 1. Buy a real alarm clock. 2. Leave my phone in the living room. 3. Read a book instead.

Step 4: Evaluation

- Teacher reminds students that this assignment will be checked and graded at the beginning of the next lesson.

[6.2.NC1a]: Students extract quantitative personal data (e.g., daily average screen time hours) from their smartphone's native IoT wellbeing trackers to scientifically identify and justify their unhealthy habit.

[6.1.NC1a]: Students prompt a Generative AI tool (e.g., "Act as a health coach, evaluate my 3-step plan to stop using my phone at night, and generate a 7-day habit tracking checklist") to refine and formalize their Action Plan.

* HOMEWORK

- Learn the new vocabulary from the reading text by heart.

- Complete the "Health Action Plan" in the Application section.

- Prepare for Lesson 4: Speaking.